Railway-signaling-equipment receptacle



RAILWAY SIGNALING EQUIPMENT RECEPTACLE Filed May 14, 1923 ZZ 10 J/ Z9 9 10 7 INKENTOR.

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

LLOYD S. ATKINSON, DE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

RAILWAY-SIGNALING-EQUIPMENT REOEPTACLE.

Application filed. May 1%, 1923. Serial No. 638,998.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LLOYD S. ATKINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Las Vegas, in the county of Clark and State of Nevada, have invented new and useful Improvements in ltailway-Signaling-E qulpnient Receptacles, of which the followlng is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel portable receptacle for a railroad brakemans signaling equipment.

A main object of my invention is to provide a portable receptacle arranged to conveniently carry and segregate a plurality of different railway signals, so disposed that any one of the signals may be quickly withdrawn from the receptacle without disturb ing or disarranging the remainder.

A further object is to provide a device that may be conveniently suspended from the shoulder of a brakeman during a signaling operation, the suspension means not interfering with the withdrawal of the signals from the receptacle when desired.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my complete device.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same showing the various signals arranged therein.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4.- is a plan view.

Heretofore railway trainmen, such as brakemen, who have charge of the signaling systems on a train, have had difiiculty in readily and quickly procuring the proper signals when needed, the dilferent signals being indiscriminately disposed in a signal box.

Bymeans of my novel form of receptacle, all the different signals are segregated and so disposed that a trainman may readily select any one of the various signals.

In the drawings, 5 designates a rectangular receptacle open at the upper end and provided with a thick bottom wall 6 formed of wood, end walls 7, 8, and wooden side walls 9 that terminate just above the bottom wall, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. In order to lighten the construction sheet metal walls 10 are secured to the end walls 7 and 8 and extend downwardly from the upper edge of said end Walls and terminate just above the upper edges of walls 9.

Secured tothe outer face of end Walls 7, 8, and preferably at the center thereof, are rail torpedo supporting bars 11, the longitudinally extending corners of the bars adjacent the end walls 7, 8, being cut away to form grooves 12 that are engaged by the spring arms 13 of the torpedoes 14.. when disposed thereon, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

The interior of the receptacle is provided with a cross partition 16 arranged at one end thereon, dividing the interior of the receptacle into a flag chamber 17, and a fusee compartment 18. Signal flags 19 are disposed within compartment 17 with the flag stick projecting beyond the upper portion of the receptacle in order that it may be quickly withdrawn when desired. In the fuses compartment 18 are disposed a number of fusees 21 provided on their lower ends with spikes 22 which engage the thick bottom wall 6. These fusees, which emit different colored lights when ignited, are utilized by the trainmen as track signals, and are forced into the track bed at a distance from the end of a train when it has stopped for any cause.

At the lower ends of grooves 12 are stops 23 designed to prevent the accidental disengagement of the torpedoes from the bars during the transportation of the equipment receptacle.

In order that the trainmen may conveniently carry the signal receptacle from their shoulders, I have provided the same with a shoulder strap 25, the ends being secured to the upper corners of the side walls 7, 8, the strap passing diagonally over the receptacle. By disposing of the ends of the strap diagonally it will be observed that the device may be conveniently suspended from the shoulder of the trainman, and that it will not interfere with the removal of the signals from the receptacle.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have provided a novel form of receptacle in which may be conveniently disposed a number of railway signals of different varieties required by railroad men in operating trains, and which may be conveniently carried by a trainman when re quired to leave the train for the placement of signals on the track adjacent the train withoutdisturbing the arrangement of signals when one of the same is quickly withdrawn therefrom.

' What I claim is: v

1. A device of the class described, comprising a rectangular receptacle open at its upper end, and a vertically disposed torpedo supporting member secured to the outer surface of each of the end walls of said receptacle. V 2. A device of the class described, comprising a rectangular receptacle open at its upper end and provided with a partition forming separate chambers, and a vertically disposed torpedo supporting bar mounted on the outer surface of each end wall, each of said bars being provided With longitudinally extending grooves for the reception of the torpedo rail securing means.

3. A railway signal equipment receptacle, comprising a receptacle provided with end, side, and bottom walls, and a rail torpedo supporting bar secured to the outer face of one of the walls of said receptacle, said bar provided on each side with longitudinally extending grooves.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of July, 1923. i

. LLOYD S. ATKINSON. 

